TRION COUNCIL REBUFF’S THE MAYORS PURCHASE THE TRION TOWN COUNCIL MET IN THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT…THE HOT TOPIC OF THE MEETING WAS MAYOR BENNY PERRY’S CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TO PURCHASE TWO NEW RADAR GUNS FOR THE GEORGIA STATE PATROL.  ACCORDING TO TRION TOWN ORDINANCE, THE MAYOR CAN SPEND UP TO $5,000 PER MONTH WITHOUT THE COUNCIL’S APPROVAL.  THE COST OF THE TWO RADAR GUNS CAME UP TO $5,820.  MAYOR PERRY ASKED THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ADDITTIONAL $820, AND THEN WAITED AND WAITED FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE.  NO COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD MAKE A MOVE EITHER WAY, TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OR NOT TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE.  AGAIN THE MAYOR ASKED THE COUNCIL “WHAT’S YOUR PLEASURE?” AND AGAIN NOT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID A WORD.  MAYOR PERRY THEN SAID “PROBLEM IS THEM THINGS ARE ALREADY INSTALLED, REALLY DON’T MATTER TO ME WHAT YOU DO ABOUT IT.”  FINALLY THE QUESTION WAS ASKED OF TOWN ATTORNEY ALBERT PALMOUR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE COUNCIL TOOK NO ACTION ON THE MATTER.  PALMOUR STATED THAT THE ONLY TWO CHOICES WERE FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE EXTRA $820 OR THE MAYOR WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE GEORGIA STATE PATROL FOR THE RADAR GUNS BACK AND RETURN THEM TO THE COMPANY HE BOUGHT THEM FROM.   AT THAT POINT COUNCILMAN MICKY MC GRAW MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE $820, BUT THE MOTION DID NOT RECEIVE A SECOND.  MAYOR PERRY SAID “I’LL JUST CALL THE TROOPERS AND TELL THEM TO BRING THEM THINGS BACK TO US AND SHIP THEM BACK.  DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH HELP WE’LL GET FROM THEM IN THE FUTURE.”